Wednesday, February 13, 2008

LAST CRY FOR V'DAY FLASH FICTION

If anyone has a story they haven't made me aware of as yet (or Mystery Dawg or Gerald So), please do so pretty quickly. My tech skills are such that last minute subs may drive me over the edge. Plus I want to go to the movies and lunch with my honey.

Hi R2. Would you send it to Powder Burn Flash. powderburnflash@sbcglobal.net (That's Aldo's flash site)Unless you want to post it yourself on a site, of course.I'll post the title and the link and so will Gerald So. If you have any trouble, let me know and I'll post it on my site. Glad to have heard from you. Patti

...figures,as soon as I sent you an e-mail saying Vista was acting up again and not letting me into comments..viola!.. Anyway, I sent "Since I've Been Loving You" to powderburn. [And if anyone likes a story with 3 characters p.o.v.'s in 3 long paragraphs with a lot more "tell" than "show" then it's all good. If not I'll just collect the cabbages and squishy tomatoes and make a damn fine soup:)]Enjoy the flix Patti!John McAuley

Fooling around, all my links have now sunk to the bottom of this. I'm apologizing to anyone whose story gets screwed up. I will post it for a few days on my site if that happens. And when is my email coming back!!!

And this...

“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” ― C.S. Lewis

Patricia (Patti) Abbott

Contact me

at aa2579@wayne.edu

About Me

Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-editor of DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.

CONCRETE ANGEL

Polis Books, 2015

CONCRETE ANGEL

An atmospheric and eagerly awaited debut novel from acclaimed crime writer Patricia Abbott, set in Philadelphia in the 1970s about a family torn apart by a mother straight out of Mommie Dearest, and her children who are at first victims but soon learn they must fight back to survive. Eve Moran has always wanted “things” and has proven both inventive and tenacious in getting and keeping them. Eve lies, steals, cheats, swindles, and finally commits murder, paying little heed to the cost of her actions on those who love her. Her daughter, Christine, compelled by love, dependency, and circumstance, is caught up in her mother’s deceptions, unwilling to accept the viciousness that runs in her mother's blood. Eve’s powers of seduction are hard to resist for those who come in contact with her toxic allure. It’s only when Christine’s three-year old brother, Ryan, begins to prove useful to her mother, and she sees a pattern repeating itself, that Christine finds the courage and means to bring an end to Eve’s tyranny.